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Author: Yujiemi Chisholm
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Small Office: Death Investigation Documents

These documents pertain to communication with law enforcement, response expectations, transitioning case responsibility, identification methods, pronouncement of death, handling unidentified remains and cases involving non-US citizen decedents, and address standards for IACME Agency Practices, section “A” as well as IACME Investigative Practices, section “B”. These examples are reflective of a small office that performs autopsies in-house.
May 2026
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Medium Office: Investigative Practices Documents

These documents pertain to notifying next of kin, shift changes, decedent identification, child fatalities, fetal deaths, hospital/hospice deaths, unidentified cases, and undetermined cases and address standards for IACME Agency Practices, section “A” as well as IACME Investigative Practices, section “B”. These examples are reflective of a medium-sized office that performs autopsies in-house and at other facilities.
May 2026
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Small Office: Death Investigation Documents

These documents pertain to deferred cases, positive identification, scene investigation, search warrants, infant death, time of death, notification to OSHA, and witness interviewing and address standards for IACME Agency Practices, section “A” as well as IACME Investigative Practices, section “B”. These examples are reflective of a small office that performs autopsies at other facilities.
May 2026
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Small Office: Investigative Practices Documents

These documents pertain to disease reporting, reporting neonatal deaths, deaths after medical intervention, entomology procedures, photography, communication with law enforcement, and next of kin notification and address standards for IACME Agency Practices, section “A” as well as IACME Investigative Practices, section “B”. These examples are reflective of a small office that performs autopsies at other facilities. 
May 2026
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Small Office: Death Investigation Documents

These documents pertain to advanced decomposition, case updates, deaths involving children, cold cases, deaths in custody, and declaration of death and address standards for IACME Agency Practices, section “A” as well as IACME Investigative Practices, section “B”. These examples are reflective of a small office that performs autopsies at other facilities.
May 2026
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Large Office: Evidence Handling and Investigation Documents

These documents pertain to jurisdiction, retention and disposition of prescription and illicit drugs, how to handle evidence, and final disposition of human remains and address standards for NAME Investigations, section “B”. These examples are reflective of a large office that performs autopsies in-house.
May 2026
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Medium Office: Mass Disaster Plan

These documents pertain to responding to mass casualty incidents, and address standards for IACME Agency Practices, section “A”. These examples are reflective of a medium-sized office with autopsies performed at their state medical examiner’s office.
May 2026
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Small Office: Mass Disaster Plan and Policies

These documents pertain to responding to mass fatality incidents, including a regional response to mass casualty incidents and participating in drills, and address standards for IACME Agency Practices, section “A”. These examples are reflective of a small office that performs autopsies at other facilities.
May 2026
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Medium Office: Mass Disaster Policy

This document pertains to responding to mass fatality disasters and addresses standards for IACME Agency Practices, section “A”. This example is reflective of a medium-sized office that performs autopsies in-house.
May 2026
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Small Office: General Operations Documents

These documents pertain to organ donation, working with families and outside entities, objection to autopsy, addressing complaints, peer review quality assurance, and court involvement and address standards for NAME General, section “A”. These examples are reflective of a small office with autopsies performed at a hospital facility.
May 2026